Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Composites, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Journal of Composites Science (ISSN 2504-477X). This special issue belongs to the section "Composites Manufacturing and Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 686
Special Issue Editor
Interests: additive manufacturing; composites; modelling; design optimisation; metamaterials
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Dear Colleagues,
Advanced composites, e.g., continuous, or discontinuous fibre reinforced composites, nanocomposites, etc., are attracting increasing attention in industrial applications due to excellent performance, i.e., high mechanical properties in terms of stiffness- and strength-to-weight ratios, when compared to their counterparts. As such, the development of advanced composites can fulfil many special but important engineering missions, such as the safety improvement, weight reduction, energy-absorption enhancement, and so forth.
Meanwhile, additive manufacturing or 3D printing has undergone massive development, opening new horizons for manufacturing small-scale and complex composite structural parts that cannot be appropriately made using conventional techniques. In recent years, big advances have been witnessed in additive manufacture of advanced composites with novel design, fabrication, and analysis methods, indicating a huge potential and a promising future for 3D printed advanced composites.
With these significant aims, this Special Issue is dedicated to the field of novel and engineering solutions in additive manufacturing of advanced composite materials and structures. Briefly, the Special Issue has a particular focus on but not limited to 3D printed composites with respect to advanced design, manufacture, characterisation for high-performance composite products by 3D printing.
Some particular subjects are mentioned here for reference and submission, e.g.,
- The 3D printing technology for composites (especially intelligent additive manufacturing);
- Novel design methods (theoretical, computational, etc.);
- Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites by 3D printing (such as reinforcement with continuous or discontinuous carbon fibres, etc.);
- Processing and characterisation of 3D printed composites (new experimental methods or results);
- Life-cycle assessment of 3D printed composite parts (e.g., fatigue, corrosion resistance and durability analysis);
- Structural health monitoring of 3D printed composites (e.g., non-destructive testing, computational prediction, repair);
- Advanced engineering applications (aerospace, automotive, etc.).
In this Special Issue, research-, development-, and application-related submissions sharing promising techniques and strategies on the topic of advanced design, manufacturing, and analysis of advanced composites by 3D printing, and all other related domains are welcomed.
Dr. Yuan Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing/3D printing
- fused filament fabrication (FFF)
- fibre reinforced polymer (FRP)
- thermoplastic composites
- advanced manufacturing
- modelling and design
- characterization
- structure-property performance
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